Gig List
1967
Formed in Bristol - Originally called 'Picture of Dorian Gray'
Dave Arbus, Ron Caines, Geoff Nicholson, plus Stuart Rossiter - Drums, Mike Price - Bass
6th September
1st gig Bamboo Club, St Pauls, Bristol
1st - 28th November
4 weeks in "the 2 Gentlemen of Verona' at Bristol Old Vic Theatre
Dates unknown
Other gigs at The Bamboo Club
1968
Louisa Sherman joins on Vocals (also recorded with her sisters as: Flamma Sherman)
Dates unknown
Kingston Art College (with Graham Bond)
Dates unknown
Victoria Rooms, Bristol
Al Read - vocals, Terry Brace - Bass, and Tony Fennell - Drums replace Louisa Sherman, Mike Price and Stuart Rossiter
Tony Addison later briefly replaces Tony Fennell
26th February
Keynes College, Bristol
3rd March
Bristol University Rag Ball
9th March
University of Kent, Canterbury (with Ten Years After)
27th April
Mayfair Suite, New Bristol Centre
17th May
Mayfair Suite, New Bristol Centre
25th May
The Manor House, Nr Ryde, Isle of Wight
Dates unknown
Dugout Club, Bristol (every Tuesday)
4th June
Grand Spa Hotel, Bristol (with Chicken Shack, Mike Cotton Sound)
22nd June
Kitschgarden Festival, The Hague, Holland (with Tyrannosaurus Rex, The Move, Traffic)
Dates unknown
Ross-on Wye , College of Commerce, Bristol
12th July
Single 'King of Siam' released on Atlantic label
Dave Dufort replaces Tony Addison
22nd July/ 28th July
Making film ‘Laughter in the Dark’ directed by Tony Richardson. Starring Nicol Williamson and Anna Karina
6th August
Marquee Club (with Arthur Brown)
9th August
Roundhouse (with Family, The Action, The Deviants, Eclection, Juniors Eyes)
10th August
The Manor House, Nr Ryde, Isle of Wight
22nd August
Marquee Club (with The Nice)
28th August
Eel Pie Island (with The Nice)
3rd September
Marquee Club (with Jethro Tull)
6th September
Blaises, South Kensington (Jefferson Airplane sat in)
Steve York replaces Al Read and Terry Brace
17th September
Marquee Club (with Family)
28th September
Mothers, Birmingham (with Keef Hartley)
5th -28th October
Geneva, Switzerland (Grand Passage store)
12th October
Strobe Club Montreux, Switzerland October - signed with Decca
30th October
Eel Pie Island (with The Who)
31st October
Marquee Club (with Time Box)
6th November
Marquee Club (with Eclection)
16th November
Mothers, Birmingham (with Ron Geesin)
20th November
Marquee Club (with Love Sculpture)
?? December
Speakeasy, London (with Taj Mahal)
12th December
Marquee Club (with Spice)
21st December
Mothers, Birmingham (with Skip Bifferty)
26th December
Marquee Club (with Ten Years After)
1969
10th January
Loughborough College (with The Idle Race, Love Sculpture)
12th January
Marquee Club with Love Affair (advertised as House of Lords)
15th January
Fishmongers Arms, Wood Green
18th January
University College, London
25th January
Marquee Club (with Spice)
7th February
The Cavern Club Liverpool (with Smokestack)
18th February
Aston University, Birmingham (with Chris McGregor)
20th February
Royal Albert Hall (with The Move, Status Quo and Nashville Teens)
26th February
Keynes College, Bristol (with Heaven)
3rd March
Victoria Rooms, Bristol (with Pink Floyd)
11th March
Whisky a Go-Go, London
5th April
Royal York Hotel, Ryde, Isle of Wight
8th April
The Roebuck, Tottenham Court Road London
15th April
The Roebuck, Tottenham Court Road London
22nd April
The Roebuck,Tottenham Court Road London
24th April
The Country Club, Hampstead (with Edgar Broughton)
26th April
Bromley Tech (with Pink Floyd)
27th April
Sadler's Wells Theatre (with Pentangle)
29th April
The Roebuck, Tottenham Court Road London
May 3rd
Aston University, Birmingham (with Scaffold)
6th May
Klook's Kleek, London
9th May
Freakeasy, Fishmongers Arms, Wood Green (with Da Da Lives)
Dates Unknown
Swiss Tour (Basel, Zurich, Berne, Montreux)
20th May
Whisky a Go-Go, London
24th May
London School of Economics (with Howlin’ Wolf, John Dummer)
Geoff Britton and Andy Sneddon replace Steve York and Bryan Appleyard
June 1st
Roundhouse (with Procul Harum)
3rd June
Klooks Kleek (with Liverpool Scene)
?? June
May Ball, Oxford University (with The Nice)
8th June
Marquee Club (with King Crimson)
10th June
Speakeasy, London
11th June
Blaises, South Kensington
13th June
Leicester university (with Spooky Tooth, Yes, Hard Meat, Eclection)
15th June
Whisky a Go-Go, London
17th June
Victoria Rooms, Bristol (with Mandrake Paddle Steamer)
27th June
Isleworth College
28th June
Sheffield University (with Family)
29th June
Whisky a Go-Go
30th June
Pheasantry Kings Road
1st July
Goldsmiths College, London (with King Crimson)
3rd July
Whisky a Go-Go, London
4th July
Maidstone College
5th July
Factory Birmingham
6th July
Wellington College, Crowthorne (with Free and Skin Alley)
8th July
Speakeasy, London
Date unknown
Miner’s Welfare, Merthyr Tydfil (with Man)
16th July
Quay Club, Exeter
17th July
Nag’s Head, High Wycombe
18th July
Lyceum Ballroom, London (with Soft Machine, Circus)
21st July
Blaises, South Kensington
24th July
Country Club, Hampstead
25th July
Victoria Ballroom, Chesterfield
29th July
Railway Hotel, Bishops Stortford
3rd August
Whisky a Go-Go, London
4th August
Friars, Aylesbury
8th August
9th National Jazz & Blues Festival, (with Pink Floyd, Soft Machine)
12th August
Speakeasy, London
24th August
Country Club, Hampstead
27th August
Speakeasy, London
28th August
Pheasantry, London
31st August
Whisky a Go-Go, London
1st September
The Granary, Bristol
5th September
Friars, Aylesbury (with Fat Mattress)
6th September
Lyceum, London (with Aynsley Dunbar)
12th September
Mothers, Birmingham (with Manfred Mann)
14th September
Star Club, Hamburg
15th September
Kursaal, Bern Switzerland
19th September
International Jazz Festival, Zurich, Switzerland
20th September
Salon Sablier Montreux, Switzerland
21st September
Pop Pot Club, Olten, Switzerland
Date Unknown
Liverpool University
25th September
Country Club, Hampstead
26th September
Blues Festival, Buxton (with Fleetwood Mac, Family, John Peel)
30th September
100 Club, London
2nd October
Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead
3rd October
Salford University (with Free)
10th October
French TV show (with Francoise Hardy, Keith Jarrett) - video available on ina.fr
12th October
Kidderminster
13th October
Wolverhampton
16th October
Quay Club, Exeter
17th October
Blues Loft, Nag's Head High Wycombe
18th October
Reading University
19th October
Wake Arms, Epping
24th October
Leicester Polytechnic (with Family)
25th October
Victoria Ballroom, Chesterfield
27th October
Friars, Aylesbury
28th October
Amougies Festival , Belgium (with Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, Soft Machine) 'Music Power' film - no longer available
29th October
Speakeasy, London
30th October
Stonehenge, Oxford
31st October
Friscoes, Edinburgh
1st November
Norwood Technical College
2nd November
Nottingham University
3rd November
Star Hotel Croydon
5th November
Paris
7th November
Leicester University (with Juicy Lucy)
7th November
Loughborough College (2 gigs in 1 night)
8th November
University of Essex (with Caravan)
9th November
Brighton
11th-l5th November
Blow-up Club, Munich Germany
16th November
Clouds, Derby
21st November
University of Hull
22nd November
Magic Village, Manchester
23rd November
Farx, Southall
24th November
Electric Garden, Glasgow
25th November
Cosmo Club, Carlisle
26th November
Aberdeen University
28th November
Royal College Of Science, London (with Pete Brown’s Battered Ornaments)
29th November
South East London College of Education (with Village)
30th November
Kingston Hotel, Kingston
1st December
Skyline Ballroom, Hull
3rd December
Blues Loft, Nag's Head, High Wycombe
4th December
Country Club, London (with Hawkwind)
5th December
Loughton College
5th December
Lyceum Ballroom (with Family, Zoot Money, Edgar Broughton) All Nighter
6th December
Afan Festival, South Wales (with Pink Floyd, Fairport Convention)
9th December
100 Club, London
11th December
Waltham College (with Manfred Mann Chapter III, Keef Hartley)
12th December
Cambridge
15th December
Lady Verney High School, High Wycombe
16th December
Derby, Arts Ball
18th December
Friars, Bedford
19th December
Colchester
20th December
Greyhound, London
21st December
Wake Arms, Epping
22nd December
The Star, Croydon
27th December
Winter Gardens, Malvern, Worcs (with Free)
28th December
Lyceum Ballroom, London (with The Bonzo Dog Band)
30th December
Speakeasy, London
1970
5th January
Friars, Aylesbury
10th/11th January
Paris Olympia (with Ritchie Havens, Yes, Terry Reid, Keef Hartley)
Jeff Allen replaces Geoff Britton
Date unknown
French TV show (pictured on Ramadhan cover)
14th January
Castle, Tooting
16th January
Blarney, London (with Principal Edwards Magic Theatre)
17th January
Imperial College, London (with Village)
20th January
Aarau, Saalbau, Switzerland
21st January
Solothurn, Switzerland
22nd January
Basel, Mustermesse, Switzerland
23/24th January
Bern, Tanzdiele Matte, Switzerland
25th January
Zurich, Hazyland, Switzerland
26th January
Olter, Konzertsaal, Switzerland
27th January
Winterthur, Stadtheater, Switzerland
28th January
Baden, Kornhaus, Switzerland
29th January
Chur, Stadtheater, Switzerland
30th January
Zurich, Limmathaus, Switzerland (a recording of this gig exists)
31st January
St. Gallen, Stadtheater, Switzerland
1st February
Lausanne, Electric Circus, Switzerland
11th February
The Castle, Tooting
13th February
Egham College
14th February
Watford College
15th February
Robin Hood, Dagenham
18th February
Aberdeen University
19th February
Albert Hall, Stirling
20th February
Maryland, Glasgow
21st February
Dundee University
25th February
Roundhouse, London
27th February
2nd album SNAFU release
28th February
South Parade Pier, Southsea (with Steamhammer)
1st March
Bletchley Youth Centre
6th March
Lyceum, London (with Arthur Brown, Free)
7th March
Carshalton College
28th March
Festival, Ernst Merck Halle, Hamburg, Germany
31st March
Parc Expo de Rouen, France (with Gong)
3rd April
Festival, Sporthalle, Koln, Germany
5th April
Marquee, London
6th April
BBC recording, Radio 1 Top Gear
10th April
Chez Club, London
11th April
Eel Pie Island, Twickenham
12th April
Mothers, Birmingham (with Kevin Ayers)
13th April
Cooks Ferry Inn, Twickenham
14th April
Watford Town Hall (with Mott The Hoople, Keef Hartley)
18th April
BBC Top Gear broadcast
20th April
Brooklands Technical College, Weybridge
25th April
Southend Technical College
1st May
Woolwich Polytechnic (with Climax Blues Band)
2nd May
Eel Pie Island, Twickenham
5th May
Marquee, London
7th May
Pop Hot Club, Belgium
8th May
Bedford College (with Graham Bond, John Martyn, Nick Drake)
9th May
Slough College Rag Ball (with Viv Stanshall)
15th May
Le Bourget Festival, Rouen (with Quintessence)
23rd May
Festival, Toulouse, France
31st May
Roundhouse, London
1st June
Royal Festival Hall (with Audience, Van deer Graaf Generator)
11th June
Taverne de L'Olympia, Paris (video available on ina.fr)
20th June
Big Gig Festival, Hamburg (with Humble Pie, Black Sabbath)
26th June
Stamping Ground Festival, Holland (with Canned Heat, Santana)
4th July
Portsmouth Stadium (with Uriah Heep, Gentle Giant)
10th July
Festival, Olympia, Munchen, Germany (with Black Sabbath, Blodwyn Pig)
11th July
Festival, Aachen, Germany (with Amon Duul,Pink Floyd, Caravan, Fairport Convention)
This is not a complete gig list, just the ones we have documentation for.
The Gig list finishes here, as the last of the original line up had left in this period. Geoff Nicholson, Ron Caines, and Andy Sneddon were replaced by David Jack, Don Weller, and Jim Roche.
For information on this later version of the band, check out: www.pearlsofrock.com
